R&R

To Give and to Take

Summary: [AU] He was never first best, always falling behind his older brother, and it was frustrating to the core. He just didn't know that coming first, meant paying far more than he ever thought possible. Sasuino/ItaInoSasu later on.

Author Notes: Ah, well I'm working on my fics, but i simply had to get this one up. I promise to try to update sooner. I'll upload the next chapter next friday, or sooner if the reviews encourage me;)

Chapter One

It had always been a contest to him, beat anything Itachi had ever done, and it was a long list, large and small. For example, Itachi had finished the 1210 paged book Shogun in a less than 5 days at the age of eleven. Sasuke made it his mission to finish the exact same book in at most four days at the age of ten, but failed to do so, only managing to get though three quarters of the book by the fifth day despite sleepless nights. At the age of thirteen, Itachi had taken his first drink of alcohol, and Sasuke had sneaked into the beer cabinet at the age of twelve but had been repulsed at the smell of it, and chickened out. At the age of fourteen, Itachi lost his virginity, and at thirteen Sasuke looked for a girl he could take to bed, but as it turned out, he was disgusted by the idiocy of the girls and couldn't bear the idea of holding them, let alone getting intimate.

As it was, he never matched his older brother in anything, whether it was intelligence, athleticism, popularity(always referred to as "Itachi's little brother"), or even in the way he carried himself, no matter how hard he tried. The only thing he ever heard of in surpassing his older brother was in looks. He was said to have a much more boyish complexion, smoother and younger while Itachi seemed more aged, despite still being in his twenties. So Sasuke took pride in his appearance as a result. Still, the brothers were much alike in personality, both being smart and ambitious, quite quiet and composed, not much at conversation unless it was strictly business. They both were also known to attract every girl they came in contact with, but never to be involved in actual relationships.

So when Sasuke returned home after finishing his studies in Business, he was surprised to hear Itachi was in an actual relationship, a relationship of half a year at that. No one was more surprised than Sasuke, for his brother had never had a relationship with girls further than a simple fling. Yes, there had been plenty of those for sure, but never had Itachi taken a girl to be his girlfriend. The mere word shocked him, and he wanted to know just who had grabbed Itachi's attention as such.

As fate had it so, his confrontation with Itachi would have to wait, as he would have to travel on a business trip with his father the day of his arrival.

"Too bad I must depart on your arrival Sasuke, we'll just have to catch up when I return," with a flick to his younger brother's forehead, Itachi was out the door. Sasuke frowned, it seemed he would be alone, as his mother was off visiting some friends or something. So much of a homecoming...

Sasuke, who did not mind solitude due to the fact he was quite accustomed to it, merely decided on taking a shower and exploring the town. It had been years since he had been here after all, maybe visit some friends he had left behind.

He took one of the many sport cars his family owned at their estate into town that was a twenty minute drive. He found himself taking a route he had taken many times while he was a teenager. At the age of sixteen he had a phase where he decided to hang with "the wrong crowd". He had been tired of being second best in everything when it came to his brother, and knowing his brother had his own group of "bad boys", he decided to make his own group, and show him up.

Though it wasn't till later he realized how dumb that was, he had still become great friends with the three others of his group, considering them to be of the few who truly knew him, to a certain point anyway. It was too bad that they had gone their separate ways and no longer lived in the town where he once had attended. Though his father had wanted their sons to learn in a private school, their mother felt they should attend a public school with everyone else. A way to keep them in touch with everyone else maybe, and keep them level headed. She had an interesting way of looking at life after all. Still, their father wanted his heirs to reach higher levels of education beyond public school and arranged for private lessons as well.

He stopped at the apartment that he remembered belonged to the friends he had made what seemed long ago. He knew they weren't there anymore, but looking at it brought back memories from years before he had left for college. He had went to further his studies in business, after all, that's what his family was dedicated to.

He stayed there for a few minutes, before he reached into his pocket for the latest phone on the market and looked at the contacts. He searched for a familiar name and called.

One Mississippi, two Mississippi, Three Mississi-

"Sasuke?" the voice on the other end seemed both shocked and excited.

"Its me, how's everything Naruto?"

It didn't take long for Sasuke to reach Naruto's new apartment thanks to the built in GPS of his car. Since Naruto was the one friend that Sasuke had an unimaginable connection to for reasons he might never fathom, it seemed only fair that he would be the first of his "friends" that he could visit.

Pulling up into the parking of the apartments, he noticed that it was in fact better than the apartments he had previously occupied in high school. He wasn't sure what Naruto did now, since he had kept little to no contact with most of the friendships he had formed during his years back home.

He had written down the apartment number that belonged to Naruto and made his way to the entrance. The apartment building was definitely an improvement from the one before. It was situated in the richer parts of the city, and seemed almost like a hotel than an apartment building with an elegant entrance that included a reception area. There where he was directed to the apartment on the fifth floor of the building where Naruto resided.

He didn't even have to knock on the door as Naruto had been waiting outside for him. Naruto looked only slightly different from when he last remembered. His hair was only slightly longer, his grin looked more wolfish, and a look that suggested he had matured since their high school days.

"Wow, look at you all dressed up," Naruto grinned further as he looked at his best friend. Sasuke smirked, while it was true he had acquired a taste in the dressier department, to him wearing a dress shirt and dark jeans was formal compared to much of the dressing up he had to do with his family. Naruto on the other hand was wearing a simple t-shirt with shorts and sandals.

"No, it just you don't know the way to properly dress." Naruto laughed as Sasuke stopped in front of him and looked at him with sparkling eyes.

"Its nice to see you again buddy," and without a second too late, Naruto dragged his best friend into his arms and gave him a tight squeeze.

Ino Yamanaka looked up from her magazine to hear the rumble of a truck stepping in front of her flower shop. She frowned. That was odd, usually the delivery truck would stop in the back to unload her new shipment of flowers, but this one had not. She put her magazine away and got out from behind the counter to see what was so different today. She noticed the driver get out of the driver's seat and head to unlock the back door.

"Hey Ta-" Ino froze when she noticed it wasn't her usual delivery guy opening the back door to the truck.

"Who are you?" she asked as she stood to the side of the big gray truck. The man was pretty thin and lanky, with a bored look on his face.

"The name's Jin," he said.

"Oh well Jin, why did you park the truck here and not in the back?" she asked.

"Oh, was I supposed to?" Was this guy for real? Ino already disapproved of this guy.

"Yeah actually! Shouldn't you know that already?" he seemed to just ignore her as he picked his ear with his pinky, completely grossing Ino out. She just knew this guy wasn't going to do anything about it. And she was not in the mood to argue with him right now.

"Well just help me unload the flowers," moron, she mentally added.

"Sorry lady, no can't do, its my lunch break," with that he simply turned his back on her and walked away, leaving a gawking Ino behind.

Oh hell fucking no. He did not just say that and walk away.

"You fucking asshole! Get back here and unload this stuff! I'll file a complaint! Make sure you lose your job! You're gonna pay for that you little shit!" she screeched at the top of her lungs as she seethed in anger. The man seemed unfazed and only continued walking. She let out an exasperated yell as she stomped to see the things to be unloaded.

"Ah this is too much..." she looked at the truck fully loaded with flowers, "Its gonna take forever..."

She sighed as she began to reach for the first of what would be many flowers but stopped when she heard a honk behind her. She turned to see a very nice car begin to park behind the truck carrying her flowers. She frowned as she tried to place where this car was from since it looked oddly familiar. Before she could think much of it the car turned off and the doors opened.

"Ino, hey!" Ino immediately recognized the voice that belonged to the loud blond she came to think of as a brother.

"Naruto!" she smiled, Naruto would help her for sure! Her eyes then strayed to the door of the driver as he stepped out. Spiky black hair was first, followed by slightly tanned skin and captivating dark eyes. He looked just like. . .

To Be Continued. . .

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